MH-026 cLOUDDEAD - Dead Dogs TwoBoards Of Canada team up with cLOUDDEAD for the latest release from Mush's left-leaning trio. Taken from their second full-length release, Ten, cLOUDDEAD's original mix of "Dead Dogs Two" finds the group in top form, as an infectious melody, live bass, and signature drum programming from odd nosdam encompass vocals from Doseone and why?. The bonus cut, "Mulholland Instrumental" comes from the same sessions that spawned parts of their new album, and finds cLOUDDEAD revisiting the sweeping pads and ambient drones of their debut. Starting with the vocals from the original, Boards Of Canada create a new backing track of epic strings and analog keyboards with an absolutely pitch-perfect ending.

Tracklist

01. Dead Dogs Two

02. Mulholland Instrumental

03. Dead Dogs Two (Boards Of Canada Remix)

Release Details

Release Date: 02/03/2004

Running Time: 12:03

1XEP/Out Of Print

LOSSLESS/Out Of Print

Territory: World Excluding UK/Europe

License For UK/Europe: Big Dada - Release Date: 01/26/2004

Reviews Summary

We might just be talking about the unexpected alt.indie hit of the winter. - NME

The first transmission from their forthcoming sophomore album Ten finds the avant trio Doseone, why?, and odd nosdam fronting a much poppier cLOUDDEAD than the one displayed on their debut. Entering on a hiccupping wave of analog synth drone, it kicks with a big bassy hook with (old)skool playground melody round lyrics about deceased canines, car crashes and wet paint. Complex yet simple, laidback and anthemic, "Dead Dogs Two" is more schiz-hop-phrenia. "Mulholland Instrumental" is suitably Lynchian in its murk and unsettling ambience, like Mule Varistions-era Tom Waits, all junkyard orchestration and found sounds, while the last tune is a Boards of Canada remix which sees the warped Scottish eclectronica duo return from the wilderness to dismantle cLOUDDEAD's title track, injecting it with their trademark childlike tranquility, a kind of blue miasma of flutes and airy acoustic guitars. - Do Something Pretty